by CassieSwindon | Mar 26, 2024 | Blog posts, Reviews
No Judgments starts with Bree’s new life on the island of Little Bridge, which is about to get slammed by a hurricane. She doesn’t want to evacuate although most others are. There’s her needy cat, Gary, to take care of among other reasons and it sounds like local,...
by CassieSwindon | Mar 25, 2024 | Blog posts, Reviews
Review #448 I bought Splintered by Howard because I love retellings. I give this one a 3.9/5 stars. Honestly, I was confused quite often. Written in one point of view, first person present tense, I enjoyed the use of strong action words throughout but sometimes it...
by CassieSwindon | Mar 21, 2024 | Blog posts, Reviews
Review #447 This was a sweet, cute, clean “get to know each other” pre-dating romcom novella where the characters actually had depth in a short duration. I’d give it a 4/5 stars. Here’s my random notes: The notification beep for each of their incoming voice...
by CassieSwindon | Mar 19, 2024 | Blog posts, Reviews
Review #446 I give this contemporary romance novella an average 3.5/5 I read it as an audiobook, 2 POV and 2 narrators. Here’s some random thoughts and notes: The FMC’s opening idea to change magazine spreads to find a different readership population. Which is very...
by CassieSwindon | Mar 18, 2024 | Blog posts, Reviews
Here’s the blurb! In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held...
by CassieSwindon | Mar 17, 2024 | Blog posts, Reviews
This is a compilation of snippets of women’s lives as mothers, wives, daughters, and abuse and or anger. I’m not a huge fan of novels starting out when the character is a child since I’m assuming it’ll cover a broad spectrum of time/go slowly. I’m also not...